Well so I ended up driving somewhere a bit further than Mt. Evelyn. I ended up in Kinglake in a nice spot away from all the trees. I really wanted to drive to Lake Mountain, but my girlfriend wouldn't allow it -- and thankfully she didn't because if she did then by the time we got there we would see nothing but clouds!
But thankfully in Kinglake we got about an hour gazing.
And I found some new objects too with my 8". Things like Orion's Nebula and the Pleiades. Nearly caught the LMC but then we lost it within some clouds. Saw some others I've seen before like Jupiter and Sirius.
Amazing though, Orion's Nebula looked like a small weirdly shaped cloud amongst all the stars. Really cool to look at! Got it with my 10mm and 20mm. The Pleiades didn't look as detailed as I would have thought but still awesome nonetheless.
Overall quite a nice drive there and back whilst having wonderous conversations with the girl about the universe! Ah how it makes us wonder
Excited to go back out there and find some more!!